http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=axe.YOsf8fjc&refer=usKerry Slightly Ahead of Bush in Time Magazine Poll (Update1)
July 24 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senator John Kerry, who next week will be formally nominated as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, is 3 points ahead of President George W. Bush in a nationwide poll by Time magazine.
The Massachusetts senator leads Bush 46 percent to 43 percent, with independent candidate Ralph Nader polling 5 percent, according to the telephone survey of 1,000 registered voters conducted July 20-22.
Kerry's lead is within the poll's 4 percentage-point margin of error and similar to a 47 percent to 45 percent lead he had at the beginning of the month. Kerry will arrive this week in Boston for the Democratic National Convention, where on Thursday he will formally accept the party's nomination.
The president's overall approval rating in the poll was 50 percent. In a separate question, 53 percent of respondents said it's ``time for someone else to be president.'' Only 29 percent of voters said they knew a ``great deal'' about Kerry. <snip>
A review of state-by-state polls and historical voting data by Bloomberg News shows Bush ahead in 19 states, including Texas and Alabama, with 155 electoral votes. Kerry leads in 12 states, including New York and Pennsylvania, with 189 electoral votes. <snip>